Seeing floaters?

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MadeForMountains wrote:

I’ve always seen a lot of floaters in my vision, at least more so than I’ve considered average. This past week I feel like I’ve seen an increase in them. I don’t really feel dizzy or lightheaded but if I focus on one thing too long, they show up. Other times, they just randomly appear in the corners of my vision. Is this normal?

I wouldn’t think it’s anything caused by being pregnant. I visited my eye dr way before I was pregnant because I notice mine a lot and she said it’s just floating particles but they cause no harm. If you see flashing darkness that could be a detached retinae but that doesn’t seem what you have at all

my blood pressure at my last apt was 136/62 and I have a history of low blood pressure (my blood pressure at my first apt was 99/60) but no one seemed concerned about it. My doctor was also running about two hours behind that day.

even though that may be considered ok or borderline for most people, if you normally run a low blood pressure then that reading may be “high” for your body. At this point I don’t think it’s anything serious, but it’s just not what your body is used to. I run like 110/70 on average and when I saw floaters it was 150/90.

thank you! I talked to my doctor’s nurse about it and she told me to get my hands on an at home blood pressure monitor just in case. I took my blood pressure tonight (with floaters and a raging head ache) and it was 103/55